Buying Supplies

There are many times that the ability to estimate a total cost of a set of items is useful, and a facility with such mental arithmetic will also improve a student’s mathematical self-confidence.

Subject: Mathematics
Topics: Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Ratios
Grades: 4 - 6
Knowledge and Skills:
- Can quickly estimate sums and differences of decimal numbers

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